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HAND PROTECTOR FOR CANS.

No. 566,085.. Patented Aug. 18,1896.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR A Tron/15m;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MILLEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND-PROTECTOR FOR CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,085, dated August18, 1896.

Application filed October 21, 1895- Serial No. 566,433. T0 model-l Toall whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILLEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Protectors forCans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to hand-protectors; and the object thereof is toprovide a device of this kind which is adapted to be connected with thehead of a can, so as to protect the hand of the operator while openingthe can.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure l is aplan view of my improved handprotector, and Fig. 2 is a central verticalsection of a can and of my improved hand-protector connected therewith.

In the drawings forming part of this application, A represents part of acan, one of the heads of which is shown at B, and connected therewith bymeans of the pin or prong O is my improved hand-protector D, whichcomprises a segmental disk or plate, one side of which is cut away tonear the center thereof, as shown at E, and through the central portionof which is formed a hole F, through which is inserted the pin or prongC, said pin or prong being provided with a shank, which passes throughthe hole F, and

with a head G, by which it is held in place.

The disk or plate D is provided with a segmental flange or rim, theouter surface of which is provided with a groove K, as clearly shown inFig. 2, and the operation will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.When it is desired to remove or cut out the head of the can, the pin orprong O is inserted therein and the holder is grasped by one hand, sothat the fingers and thumb thereof inclose and fit around the segmentalflange or rim H and the knife or other device is operated by the otherhand, and as the cutting progresses the holder maybe revolved on a pinor prong O, as will be readily understood, and there will thus be nodanger of cutting the hand by which the can is held or otherwiseinjuring the same.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangement of parts herein shown and described, and I therefore reservethe right to make all such alterations therein and modifications thereofas fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent- As an improvedarticle of manufacture, a hand-protector for cans, comprising asegmental plate having a raised segmental flange which is grooved orundercut on its outer edge, having also a central hole for the receptionof a pivot and a pointed pin or pivot adapted to enter said hole and thecan-head, all arranged and constructed substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 17th day ofOctober, 1895.

WILLIAM MILLEN.

